SK> this year in the library. I know that the librarians have had some
 SK> difficulty in finding an ISP (Internet Service Provider) who was
 SK> consistent (without lots of downtime, etc...). I'm 
I only have two choices here, one is a large national concern--probably the 
best choice so far.  I am not sure how the technology dept is proposing how 
they are going to connect the library next fall.  I am using AOL because of 
the ease of setting up additional sites to access the internet and other 
features of the service, but it cannot be used on the labs BBS.
 SK> access in the lab, although the machines will be networked, and so a
 SK> sort of "Intranet" could be run, where teachers have obtained a small
 SK> Web-like *.html file that concerns a particular 
 SK> topic that they wish to
 SK> present. This would be self-contained, and you wouldn't have to worry
My BBS is set up to be accessed from any workstation that can access my 
server--including the Library.  However, the library has not had the bbs and 
several other features on my server scripted in to allow access.  That might 
happen this week--the network service guy said it would be a two-hour job.  I 
need to expand the number of nodes to allow more access, so I will be writing 
a P.O. this week---there go my class funds.
 
Both ProBoard and Wildcat BBS systems now offer a server that runs on Win/95 
or NT.  This will allow a BBS to offer direct connection to WWW browsing, 
etc. at very reasonable costs.
 SK> available already prepared on CD-ROM for purchase, although it's not
 SK> hard to prepare your own by doing your own Web browsing and saving the
 SK> files off to disk. (I haven't learned how to do this yet, though.) By
 SK> making these files available off of the server, all 
 SK> the students on the
 SK> network should be able to access them.
SlipKnot, a very simple browser has that capability--however not all ISPs 
offer Lynx access (dos browsing-no graphics).  SlipKnot uses Lynx to do a 
graphical browse--but it is not compatible with latest features of Netscape 
or other browsers.
 SK> newsgroups and read my mailing list again, I'll try 
 SK> to keep you in mind
 SK> if I see any mention of "Acceptable Use Policies" 
 SK> and save some of that
 SK> info here.
This is actually what I am looking for--what we have is only the Library 
proposal, I reviewed it and asked why all Internet access policies were not 
developed at the same time--no reply yet.
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